LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - With Shohei Ohtani joining the Angels and baseball back in the Olympics in Japan in 2020, Major League Baseball is planning a season-opening series at the Tokyo Dome in 2019 and the A’s, as always, are on the short list of teams under consideration for the trip. The other team assuredly would be the Angels.
The A’s played season-opening series in Tokyo in 2008 and 2014. The team always requests to be considered for international trips because the front office and coaching staff believe the experience to be a good one for young players.